One hundred and sixty nine chapters terrible past two
As soon as Kuang Nuochuan's grandfather and others ran away, the Japanese and puppets in the distance began to chase and shoot from behind. However, once they got into the woods, the threat of guns was not that great. Most of the people in the village ran out.
, two were shot to death by the Japanese and puppets, and the other two may have been lost in the old woods and never came back.
Kuang Nuochuan's grandfather did not dare to go home immediately and hid outside for a few days. Then he returned to the village at night and told the villagers what had happened. They were afraid that the Japanese would come again to cause trouble. Almost everyone in the village took their belongings to hide.
After arriving in the forest, it took a long time before slowly returning to the village.
Two or three years after this incident, the Japanese conducted ground surveys in the Daxinganling forest area. As soon as the people in the village learned that the Japanese were going to enter the forest, they immediately ran away. Therefore, the villagers were not allowed to conduct ground surveys on the situation.
You know. Later, Japan surrendered and Northeast China was liberated. In 1952, forestry survey teams were established in Ulanhot and Harbin. However, such surveys could not cover very detailed areas. No one had ever been to the forest area near Yuantou Mountain.
, including the Forest Management Bureau established later.
But what happened in the past three years or so made the people in the village realize that they must not go near Yuantou Mountain. Although they didn't know why such strange things happened at that time, this unwritten rule has continued.
for many years.
"Is it because of this?" Zhao Yingjun also held a thick cigarette in his mouth and squinted his eyes and said to Kuang Nuochuan: "The matter of Chen Guzi rotten sesame seeds. What happened back then? In fact, none of us saw it with our own eyes, right?
Maybe they are spreading rumors and making a big deal out of something that was originally not a big deal."
"That's not what you're saying." Kuang Nuochuan said, "I've seen some with my own eyes."
In the decades after the incident, the old man was still around. Until Kuang Nuochuan's father's generation, this rule was still strictly followed, whether hunting or collecting herbs and mountain products, there was a certain scope. But
As the older generation gradually passes away, the young people of Kuang Nuochuan's generation do not value the old saying so much. Especially in recent years, wild animals have jumped into the depths of the forest, and good things cannot be found in shallower places.
When good ginseng cannot be dug and there is no other way around, some people will still take risks.
Kuang Nuochuan has been hunting with his father since he was a child. His marksmanship is very good and he is rich in experience. He is tall and strong, and he is often dragged into the woods to help. In an extremely remote village like theirs, the production is single, and the economy is destined to be impossible to develop.
, the outside world has changed drastically, and Kuangnuochuan and the others still rely on hunting and fishing to make a living. But what can I say, the customs from the outside will still spread to the village to some extent.
"It's not easy to find a wife now." Kuangnuochuan smiled. Among the Oroqen tribe, young people would give the woman some betrothal gifts before they got married. In the past, these betrothal gifts were mainly horses. In their words,
, called a reference. In the past, it was enough to give two to four horses as a bride price. The woman would not be picky, but now it is not possible. A bride price must be at least six horses, and other messy things must be added.
, otherwise the woman will be dissatisfied. For people like Kuang Nuochuan who still live in the Immortal Pillar, this is a big expense.[
Kuangnuochuan and the others mainly intermarry with another village more than a hundred miles away. Two years ago, a young man named Pu Lian in the village asked Kuangnuochuan for help. He was already engaged, but the woman thought the bride price was too small and delayed her marriage.
If you are willing to get married, if you delay it any longer, you may regret it. Pu Lian is very anxious, and out of desperation, he wants to drag Kuang Nuochuan into the woods to dig ginseng. Kuang Nuochuan originally didn't want to go, but he couldn't stand Pu Lian's deception.
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Having said this, Kuang Nuochuan smiled sheepishly. In fact, he followed Pu Lian into the forest because he wanted to save some money for the bride price in advance to avoid suffering when he got married.
They went into the forest twice in total, and Kuang Nuochuan told us some of his experiences. When they went in for the first time, Kuang Nuochuan took a road that he was very familiar with. It was about two days' journey. He and Pu Lian were in the woods.
When I was on my way to find ginseng during the day, I couldn't see anything, but it was very cloudy that day. At night, Pu Lian still refused to rest and continued to search in the woods with an old-fashioned flashlight. When I found Kuang Nuochuan and Pu Lian late at night,
They all saw someone walking under a big tree not far away.
He was a very strange man. He walked slowly around the big tree without stopping for a moment. However, no matter how he walked, he always circled around the big tree. Pu Lian had never seen this before and thought he was just running around by chance.
The hiker who came to the forest wanted to go over and say hello, but Kuang Nuochuan stopped him.
"Those walking around the tree are not humans. They only appear on very cloudy nights and keep walking around a big tree. If someone passes by here, they will tell them that they can't find their way home.
It's on its way, and you want the other person to stay and walk with it. But if you dare to get close to it, it will be very troublesome."
Kuang Nuochuan and Pu Lian waited until dawn. The man walking around the tree disappeared. Kuang Nuochuan took Pu Lian to dig under the tree, and suddenly they found a skeleton that had turned into white bones. He didn't know what year it was.
The hikers who died here. The hikers all know the rules. These are the last to die of their fellow travelers who were lost in the forest. Once they meet, their bodies must be taken out and buried outside the forest.
The first time I went into the forest, I couldn't go deep enough for this reason and couldn't dig up the old ginseng. Kuangnuochuan was very practical and carried the dug-out body of the hiker out and buried it honestly. A few days later,
A few days later, Pu Lian came to call Kuang Nuochuan again, and this time he brought the cousin of his wife who had not yet married. Pu Lian was very determined. His brother-in-law was young and energetic, and looked to be at most ten years old. Although
Pu's wife, who had never married, still didn't acknowledge him, but his brother-in-law had already started calling him brother-in-law. Before entering the forest, his brother-in-law said that if he couldn't dig up the old ginseng this time, he would stay in the forest and not come out.
Kuang Nuochuan felt unlucky when he heard those words. There are rules for walking in the mountains, and sometimes you can't say random things.
This time, they walked further than last time. I wonder if they were unlucky. They walked for several days without even seeing the shadow of the old ginseng. One night when it fell, they stopped in the dark and looked for a
In the resting place, Pu Lian did not dare to look for ginseng randomly at night because of the lessons learned from last time.
It was not a cloudy day, and the moonlight above their heads was very clear. When they were settled down and ready to rest, Kuang Nuochuan accidentally saw that the top of the mountain not far away seemed round.
Could it be Yuantou Mountain? Although Kuangnuochuan was brave, he had never really been close to Yuantou Mountain. If he had not walked so far in the dark, he would not have known that he would have come near Yuantou Mountain.
Kuang Nuochuan still remembered his grandfather's experience back then, so when he saw Yuantou Mountain not far away, he immediately wanted to go back overnight, or bravely walk forward for a while. But walking up the mountain was tiring, and Pu Lian still wanted to go back.
His brother-in-law was very tired, especially his brother-in-law, who refused to move, saying that Kuang Nuochuan was timid. Pu Lian also advised him that it was not a big deal, they had shotguns.
Kuang Nuochuan is a person who takes care of his friends. After being told this by Pu Lian and his brother-in-law, they gradually couldn't object anymore. They agreed to leave immediately at dawn and the three of them took turns to keep watch. Kuang Nuochuan was still a little worried.
He took the lead and guarded the first shift. Pu Lian and his brother-in-law fell asleep not long after they lay down. Kuang Nuochuan was holding a shotgun and smoking a cigarette, and slowly looked around. Although it was at night, under the moonlight
, he could still roughly see the surrounding terrain clearly.
The plane that my grandfather told about falling upside down has long since disappeared. I wonder if it was brought back by the Japanese who were conducting ground surveys. It seems to be normal near Yuantou Mountain. Anyway, the Kuangnuo River was guarded for three full days.
For an hour, he didn't see anything wrong. He thought at that time, could it be that his grandfather was exaggerating?
When Kuang Nuochuan waited until he fell asleep, he woke up Pu Lian and asked him to take over. People like Kuang Nuochuan, who are too concerned about the city and relatively simple, usually sleep well, and they are indeed a little tired. Not long after Pu Lian returned to work
, Kuang Nuochuan fell asleep. But after all, he was in the wild. If he were in his own fairy pillar, he could sleep until dawn in one breath, but his heart was not very peaceful, and his sleep was relatively shallow. In the meantime, Kuang Nuochuan woke up a few times.
This time, he was not fully awake, just a confused state between half asleep and half awake. He was mainly afraid that Pu Lian and his brother-in-law would not keep a good vigil. He woke up twice at first and saw Pu Lian keeping vigil, and then he woke up again.
Once, it was Pu Lian’s brother-in-law.
At that time, Kuang Nuochuan was still quite concerned when he saw Pu Lian's brother-in-law keeping vigil, so he felt more at ease. This time he fell asleep and never woke up. However, in his sleep, Kuang Nuochuan seemed to feel that he smelled a fragrance, which was very fragrant.
The aroma was very attractive, similar to the smell when something is grilled. In short, it smelled very good. At that time, Kuang Nuochuan couldn't tell whether it was the aroma he smelled in his dream or the real aroma. This time
The aroma only lasted for a while, and then disappeared after smelling it. Kuangnuochuan continued to sleep. When he opened his eyes, the sky was already white. The morning in the mountain forest was still relatively cool, and the dew and moisture were heavy. After Kuangnuochuan woke up,
I grabbed a coat I brought with me and wrapped it up, intending to light up the bonfire at night and cook something to eat.
As soon as he woke up, Pu Lian also woke up, but after waking up, they found that their brother-in-law who had been keeping vigil next to them was missing. The two of them didn't pay attention at first, and yawned and stood up. When they stood up and looked around, they immediately lost their sleepiness.
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Pu Lian's brother-in-law was standing not far away, completely naked, walking slowly with his head lowered, as if he was looking for something.